Film package



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UUUU/% W l l it annual ed hprtl a iaar. serial in. iaaiaa My invention relates to photographic film cartridges, and particularly to that type wherein the strip of film is coiled within a hen wound within asimilar box. 5

' provide means tor greatly lacilitating lit.

a passed through acamera.--

Uther objects and advantages byway of de- I tail will be apparent as the description prov coeds. reference being bad to the figures ot the I dicate. like parts.

with myinvention. 4 a The reterencenumeral l'ret'ers toaiphoto- -;graphic camera, provided with the lens and shutter 2, exposurechamber 3, viewfinder 4h and removable back5, carrying therecipr 'catin claw t engageable within the;pertora--T tions Z moved past the exposurechamber 3. 1

The principal object of my invention is to threading and teeding of such a stripe film from one package into another as thesame s drawing wherein like reterence numeralsin lin the drawing Figure'lis a side'v camera, in connection with which my invention is utilized, certain partsbeing broken} adjacent the end ot the film yshaped cuts 12 extending inwardly from the I. sides of the film directly opposite each other f and leaving only a narrow portion 13 between the inner ends of such cuts. a In using .myinvention, the packer oi the away tor clearnessot illustration. 2 f

p Figure 2 is a perspective view 'o adfilm package embodying my inventionw gure 3 is a detail plan view of film, the'end t which'is tormedinaccordance rit p The film cartridges or boxes fi'within-whic 5w tailedv construction inside the bond as this terms no part of my inven'ition. fiutfice it to" say that the film 8 is adapted to bei ieoiled within itself within such boreathere'being )rovided spring guides within the bones to i'acilitate the coiling of the film as it is drawntrom one box and forced into the other;

In practice these film magazines or can,

tridges are turnished as shown in Figure 2, with one end of the film extending out ot' the box to permit the threading ot the same from the a ter photographic anaand packing of these film cartridges 9 tor transportation and sale obviously results in bending the exposed free end 10 ot the film or casing from which it is adapted to be moved step by step through the cera and then re-' more permanentas the package is left wrapped. .lhe kink thus formed adjacent the end of the film islextremely detrimental to the winding operation of the film into the re- 'ceivinlg magazine within the camera due to the tact t ner necessary to the easy t'rom one boato the other.

uch bending and folding ot this end 10 till at is with diificulty that the end so ...k 1nked Wlll be guided by the spring guide within the box and coil upon itself in the manwinding of'the film v To overcome thisdifiiculty, l have provided I film at the factory leaves only that portion of the end l0 oi the film lying between the cut substantially V out portions l2 and the extreme end thereof,

fprotruding from the box. v The aforementioned kink or bend, therefore, comes at the pointl3 between the cutout portions. When it is desired to use the film in the camera, the 'eperator grasps the end 10 of the film and the'film'fi is coiled are adapted to be laced, within the camera on either side are icesposure chamber 3 as shown in ll igure l ll; P has not been deemed necessary to show the deal pulls it out ashort distance then tears ed the end 10 alongthe line l3 between the cut out portions and then threads the new end thus i-lorrned'through -the camera and into the refeeiving vbovr- 9 within the camera. This end vthus; being tree of kinks will readily follow ii -the guides within the box and coil upon itself as the filmis'drawn through the camera.

alt will be apparent that this kinking or bending the film at the line 13 between the cut out portions will also be of value in the tear- "ing operation, enabling the user to tear the film at this point in a comparatively straight line.

detail without departing from the scope of my invention. ll do not limit myself therefore to the exact form shown other than by the appended claims.

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Ut-course; changes may be made by way of n I claim 1. A film package comprising a receptacle having a. roll of film therein, a slot in said receptacle through which an end of said film 5 extends, and recesses in said film end at the point of projection from said receptacle.

2. A film package comprising a receptacle,

a roll of film therein and having a protruding end, substantially V-shaped notches cut into said end from the sides thereof at diametrically opposed points, said notches extending to near the center of said film and located at the point of projection from the receptacle.

v CARL BORNMANN. 

